The dawn of Islam

The Dawn of Islam by Ahmed Amin is an intellectual journey that follows the footsteps of the development of the Arab mentality from the dawn of pre-Islamic times to the emergence of Islamic civilization under the Umayyad state. Ahmed Amin proceeds in the book, as if exploring the depths of Arab thought, reviewing its roots, and how the conquests and cultural interaction with the Persians and Greece shaped a new identity for Islamic thought. The book takes us to the worlds of science and religion, as it records the first stages of the interpretation of the Qur‘an, the codification of hadith, and the emergence of Islamic sects, as well as conveying to us echoes of a time when thought was a catalyst for change. The dawn of Islam is not just history, but rather a reading of the spectrums of civilization that blended together and produced a renewed thought that illuminates for the reader ways to understand the roots of Islamic civilization.